• Interviews

    Dawn Canon on USB Music Distribution

    Are your CD sales sluggish? Are you down with digital distribution channels like iTunes, but you want to complement it with something a bit more creative — actually putting something in the hands of your fans? If so, Pittsburgh band Dawn Canon might have an option: USB music distribution. The concept is simple really. Your tracks are put on a…

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    Jay T Vonada Quartet: Jammin’

    Artist Name: Jay T. Vonada Quartet Album Title: Jammin’ Release Date: 2008 Genre: Jazz Location: Pennsylvania Label: Self-released Band Members: Jay T. Vonada (trombone), Adam Kurland (keyboards), Jacob Hibel (bass), John Sullivan (drums) Website: http://www.myspace.com/jjazzbone Jammin’ By Jay T. Vonada Quartet is one classy jazz collection. Vonada wrote and arranged all eight of these compositions, and also lays down mean…

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    Michael Miller: I Made You Up

    Artist Name: Michael Miller Album Title: I Made You Up Release Date: June 16, 2009 Genre: Rock Location: California Label: Self-released Band Members: Michael Miller (guitar, vocals) Website: www.MichaelMillerCrusade.com Michael Miller’s music is pretty, and sometimes slightly melancholy. I Made You Up is made up of ten moody songs, which are colored with Eric Heywood’s prominent pedal steel work, even…

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    Woodpecker – f-hole

    Artist Name: Woodpecker! Album Title: f-hole Release Date: 2008 Genre: Americana Location: Brooklyn, NY Label: Self-released Band Members: Jordan Anderson: banjo, vocals; Al Huang: mandolin, vocals; Josh Steinbauer guitar, vocals; Andy Zue: cello; Michelle Vu: fiddle, upright; Bill Mayo: percussion Website: http://www.woodpeckermusic.com At first, it’s difficult to reconcile Woodpecker!’s traditional sound with its distinctly modern lyrical approach. If you didn’t…

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    Heidi Siegell: Us Lonely People

    Artist Name: Heidi Siegell Album Title: Us Lonely People Release Date: 2008 Genre: Pop Location: New York Label: Self-Released Band Members: Heidi Siegell: vocals, piano, trombone, and programmed virtual harp, er-hu, strings, brass, etc.; Rolando Gori: piano, guitar, pads and programmed virtual bass, drums, percussion, etc.; Mustafa Ahmad: percussion on “She Smiles” and “When Will Springtime Come, Maggie?”; Dana Lyn:…

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    The Shake Ups – Breathing the Flood

    Artist Name: The Shake Ups Album Title: Breathing the Flood Release Date: 2008 Genre: Rock Location: San Diego, CA Label: Gelatinous Productions Band Members: Patrick O’Connor – lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, percussion; Eve Gross – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, glockenspiel; Albert Lu – bass guitar, percussion; Kathie O’Connor – drums and percussion. Website: www.TheShakeUps.net Perhaps…

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    Wendy Darling – Half-Told Bedtime Stories

    Artist Name: Wendy Darling Album Title: Half-Told Bedtime Stories Release Date: 2008 Genre: Folk-Rock Location: San Diego, CA Label: Easta Green Music Band Members: Vocals – Cori Rush; Guitar/back-up Vocals – Nate Heller; Bass – Jon Freeman; Drums – Hector Verdugo Website: WendyDarlingBand.com Wendy Darling is named after the female protagonist in Peter Pan. You know, the girl that didn’t…

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    Revolution, I Love You – Noise. Pop. Deathray.

    Artist Name: Revolution, I Love You Album Title: Noise. Pop. Deathray. Release Date: 2008 Genre: Rock Location: Delaware Label: Self-released Band Members: Jason Reynolds and Rob Lindgren Website: www.RevolutionILoveYou.com Jason Reynolds and Rob Lindgren, a duo called Revolution, I Love You, refer to their music as “equal parts drum machines and Fender jangle, fuzz bass and piano.” And dang, if…

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    The Roseline – Lust for Luster

    Artist Name: The Roseline Album Title: Lust for Luster Release Date: 2008 Genre: Alt.country Location: Lawrence, Kansas Label: Self-released Band Members: Colin Haliburton, vocals and guitar; Ehren Starks, keyboards; Jenny Davidson, bass; Jeff Jackson, guitar and pedal steel; and James Storms Piller, drums. Website: http://www.myspace.com/colinpepper The band The Jayhawks was from Minnesota, while the University of Kansas mascot is a…